Every month, Ian Renshaw
...Theory Paper – Ian Renshaw & Keith Davids – The Constraints Collective Podcast
Picture two sessions. In the first, cones mark the exact channel a player must dribble through, a serve has to land in...
Episode 106 · Craig Harrison · The Constraints Collective Podcast
Every coach would agree that failure is a key part of learning. Indeed, we would frame "failure" as discovering through exploration...
August 2026 · Monthly Catch-Up, Episode 105 · Hosts: Ian Renshaw & Keith Davids
"Sir, how could you identify a player's background just by watching his batting stance?" One of coach Amladi's stude...
Ian Renshaw & Keith Davids review Gullich et al (2021) — "What Makes a Champion: Early Multidisciplinary Practice, Not Early Specialization, Predicts World-Class Performance"
Paper Under Review —
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Ian Renshaw & Keith Davids · Monthly Catch-Up · July 2026 · The Constraints Collective
You've probably heard a version of it from your own group: "we're rubbish in the wet." Not because the skill i...
The Funnel, Not the Average: Chris Button on the PhD That Almost Wasn't (Part One)
Episode 100 · Prof. Chris Button (Part One) · The Constraints Collective Podcast

Hand someone a hammer, a nail, a...
The Video Doesn't Show What Happened.
It Shows a Rendering of It.
Ian Renshaw & Keith Davids review Schütz, Betsch & Plessner (2026): "The Impact of Video Speed on Intention Attribution," with speci...
Problem-Driven
Data
What Ben Teune's PhD research means for coaches — machine learning, constraint interaction, and a quantified answer to sport science's favo
...Ian Renshaw and Keith Davids use the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history to explain why momentum is a trap, not a mindset — and what to do about it on a pitch, a court, or a crease.
Lego, Chess & the
Year 10 Kids Nobody Asked
Before the
Decision
What AI, LiDAR, and rocking chairs teach us about how elite performers read the game — and why your best training player keeps falling apar
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